Sandbank @ Parkland Green
Whilst having a lovely staycation a week ago, we decided to frequent Sandbank @ Parkland Green. Yes that place where Mary and I had our wedding reception. The one with the swimming pools out the front. Beautiful place, lovely and airy with gorgeous sea breezes wafting you as you eat. And also some pretty damned good food. What did we eat?
Really, really nice. Super creamy avocado on garlic bread. Get a little sprinkle of salt on to this and it is heavenly. Good ...

Mediterranean Breakfast
Day two of staycation, and time to cook breakfast for the family. Today I made a Mediterranean Breakfast, of sorts. It's got Chorizo, turmeric and paprika so I think that qualifies for Mediterranean, don't you? A very simple recipe that is so bloody tasty. A fantastic breakfast, in fact, that was consumed by all in silence.
This is all baked in the oven at 200 degrees, on one baking tray, covered with some foil. See what I mean about easy. Mediterranean Breakfast ...

Fried fish fillet with prawns, with a cream of mushroom sauce
A new fish dish, that began with my Mary saying; "Don't forget we have leftovers." What she actually meat was, we have a fish fillet and about 6 prawns remaining from what I had cooked the day before. I stared at this, and then created Fried fish fillet with prawns, with a cream of mushroom sauce.
This will serve about 2-4 depending on hunger levels:
1 firm white fish fillet - cod, snapper etc;
6-8 shelled prawns (A ...

Oxtail & lentil curry
If I remember rightly this creation came from eating a brunch one day on our ravels through Asia. I fell in love with the dish immediately and swore to myself that I need to re-create my own version, and strangely enough this is how my Oxtail & lentil curry was created.
If I remember correctly I had this curry in Penang when Mary and the kids and I visited once. So in honour of that memory I created this dish in July 2013 - Oxtail & lentil curry. I used ...

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